Safety attachment for scarf-pins, hat-pins, &amp;c.



A. B. SHAW.

WITNESSES A! orngy coLuAuxm PLANOGRAI'H CO.,WA!-NINUTON, D. C

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

ABNER B. SHAW, OF NORTH DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOB. SCARF-PINS, HAT-PINS, &c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1912.

Patented Feb. 25, 1951s. Serial No. 693,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER B. SHAW, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at North Dartmouth, in the county of Bristol and Stateof l\/lassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Safety Attachments for Scarf- Pins, Hat-Pins, &c., of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to safety attachments for scarf pins and one ofthe principal objects of the invention is to provide simple, reliableand efficient means which can be manufactured at low cost for securing ascarf pin in place within the scarf and prevent loss of the scarf pineither by accident or theft.

Another object of the invention is to provide a safety attachmentcomprising a se ries of wire coils preferably bent out of alinement andadapted to be connected to the point of the pin in rear of the scarf forpreventing the pin from being withdrawn.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a safety attachmentcomprising a coiled fastener comprising a series of coils separatedcentrally by a strand of the wire and the coils being bent oppositely inthe two sections of the fastener and the terminal ends of the fastenerbeing flattened to form biting jaws to engage the shank of the pin.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View of a scarf pin having a safety attachmentconnected thereto, said safety attachment being made in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is a view in section of the safety attachmentshowing the manner of inserting the point of the scarf pin within theattachment; Fig. 3 is a view in elevation looking in the direction shownby the arrow in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an end view of the attachment; andFig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a slight modification.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the shank of a scarfpin and 2 is the point of the pin.

My safety attachment comprises a series of coils of wire, either madefrom gold plated or other wire, the coils 3 of which are separated fromthe coils 4 by a connecting member 5 integral with both coils. Theterminal ends of the wire of the'coils are flattened to form a bitingmember 6 and the entire attachment is bent out of alinement, in the formof a slight curve, in order that the pin when inserted in the coils willbe clamped by the curvature of the attachment and by means of the bitingedges 6 of the terminal ends.

As shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing the coils 3 are wound at an angle tothe coils 4, or extending at different angles, forming an opening w, andthe two members 3* and 4 are connected by a shank or member like thatshown in Fig. 3. The terminal ends of the attachment, as shown in Fig.5, are provided with the biting members.

The function of the oblique connecting member 5, and the two separatedsections, resides in the fact that a closely coiled spring forapplicants purpose would be difiicult if not impossible to withdraw fromthe pin, since there would be a continuous frictional contact. When theattachment is to be withdrawn from the pin a slight pressure is exertedin the center of the attachment, and the connecting member is readilyflexed or bent to permit the easy withdrawal of the attachment.

From the foregoing, it will. be obvious that a safety attachment made inaccordance with my invention can be manufactured cheaply from platedwire cut in the desired lengths and curved as described with the ends ofthe wire flattened out to form the biting members. When placing theattachment on the point of the pin the coils are straightened out andfor this reason, they engage the pin with sufiicient friction to preventthe pin from being withdrawn from the scarf.

My safety attachment may be used as a guard for the end of a hat pin orfor breast pins, brooches, etc., and for this purpose a slight portionof the attachment may extend beyond the point of the pin.

I claim:

The herein described safety attachment consisting of two closely woundspiral spring wire sections, said sections being open from end to endand normally curved,

said sections being connected together by an In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature integral shank extending obliquely dfrom one inpresence of two Witnesses.

section to the other to separate sai sections 1 s and to permit readyWithdrawal of the at- ABNLR tachment from the pin, said sections eachWitnesses:

having a flattened and sharpened biting THOMAS B. MOGINLEY,

member at its outer end. MICHAEL J. TANSEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

